The 5 Greatest Tenors of All Time

we're gonna talk about today might be Oh what we're gonna talk about today might be a controversial subject it might bring sighs of annoyance maybe love to some people tenors but not just any tenors the five greatest tenors of all time [Music] I have been super excited to this video granted before I go any further I have to say this is my list of the greatest tenders of all time if you have a favorite tenner that didn't make it on the list don't worry you're not wrong everybody's entitled to their opinion you're just slightly less right than I am being a tenner is rewarding however it is also extremely scary and it has extreme pressure cuz everybody's waiting for those high notes and you can mess it up or crack and listen when a tenner messes up or cracks ooh sounds like they need to be put in the hospital hikes however there are fear of these tenors who have revolutionized opera and music with an amazing charisma and amazing voice many of them are still household names here are my top 5 greatest tenors of all time [Music] fritzsche wonder leash was one of the greatest lyric tenors born in kuso Germany on the 26th of September 1930 he was born into a musical family his mother a violinist and his father acquire master in his career his contribution to the lyric tenor roles particularly Mozart roles and German leader is highly cherished expanded to the most popular Italian operas too however though in his time it was more customary to sing the Italian operas but in the local language so most of the recordings of him singing the Italian operas are actually in German tragically his legendary career was cut too short as he accidentally fell down a stairwell and died when he was 35 years old just short of his 36th birthday and his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Fritz is one of my favorite tenors because of the sheer beauty of his tongue he is also very versatile being able to sing the most intense opera rolls and still get this unmatched silvery tone in arts on his voice is just beautiful I really admire his tone of voice and he's a tenor that I really relate to give him a listen it's amazing [Music] it's impossible to talk about tenors or the 20th century or the 21st century without talking about what's the looming last thing of the Moonville was born on the 21st of January 1941 supposedly in Madrid Spain he started singing as a baritone in such well of productions but he eventually took on the tenor repertoire and expanded himself into being a fantastic spent a tenor that could perform the lights on the last signal Domingo his career took off and he eventually became one of the most well known figures in the music business to this day on top of the most vast opera repertoire in history he has also recorded and performed some operas like Verdi's Otello more times than anybody in history he went on to become one of the three tenors touring all over the world and an arts administrator in Los Angeles Opera Washington National Opera he is still singing in his late 70s this guy's pushing 80 he has returned to his baritone roots singing some of the hardest baritone roles out there all over the world although Palacio has recently received some bad criticism and controversy in the news lately we still have to acknowledge the legendary status of this man's career I grew up in a family of musicians with four operatic tenor uncles who all greatly admired Domingo I actually feel like blasted Domingo is like a long-lost family member of mine like and like an uncle or something I can't tell you how many times I've listened to the three tenors concert over and over again since I was a little kid he is a huge reason why I became a saying especially because as a Hispanic Latino singer he has done so much for the Hispanic Latino community and has given us the inspiration to do music and to not be afraid to spread it all over the world now this man is the legend of all legends Enrico Caruso was born in Naples in the Kingdom of Italy at the time in 1873 he grew up performing in the boys choir and showed promise of having perhaps musical career his voice matured into this big and dramatic tenor voice with much musicality and intensity and this voice is desired all over the world and Caruso's career took off what makes his career so special is that Caruso became famous right at the start of recording technology and he became the first singer to really become popular by recording he became an international phenomenon it is impossible not to mention his name when we're talking about music or sound in general he was the first rock star yeah the world would have not been the same without the life and the career of this man he is monumental his career at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York revolutionized music in America starting in the early 1900s about the turn of the century on top of all this he knew many composers of his time personally and they knew who he was he had friends like Giacomo Puccini francesco Celia Paolo toasty and Richard Strauss as a result many of the operas in the Italian verismo period about the late 18-hundreds early 1900s they were written for him and on top of this when people were listening to his recordings they were listening to this Italian opera which he made famous all over the world his recordings remain the principle first-hand account of how classical music and opera were performed in the Italian tradition when you listen to Caruso you are listening to Italian tradition from a hundred years ago and beyond it's incredible that we can listen to people that live so long ago plus he just sounds amazing okay if only he had the technology that we have now to do his big tenor voice justice thank you grande Caruso [Music] oh now this is my personal favorite tenor voice currently was born in Ancona Italy in 1921 his parents were not particularly musical however his brother and he had an uncle that became opera singers he first started to become a naval engineer but then entered a music competition as a dare that one of his friends made him the judges then encouraged him to pursue a music career and he took their advice he signed up for the conservatory but the conservatory he hated the results after that he famously became his own teacher learning some technique tips from some friends and modifying it to fit his own voice he had first had a hard time taming his enormous voice but he eventually learned to control it and he became a jaw-dropping singer he made his debut in 1952 in Rome it was easy for audiences to like him as he had that tall dark and handsome good looks and a bulldozer of a voice he was the whole package because of this they called him the prince of tenors he had his met opera debut in 1961 and sang 15 marvelous years there throughout his career he sang mostly the Italian dramatic repertoire alongside some of the greatest singers of the 20th century like Maria Callas leontyne price Tito Gobi and others it was really truly the Golden Age of opera Carelli is my favorite tenor voice because there's just no one else with an instrument of that size and power that can also finesse his breath control is unmatched his power is untouchable the vibrancy of his tone you cannot reproduce he has it all in my opinion and although I cannot listen to him sing anything else besides Italian to me he did what he did best and he did it in a way that was the best I believed his recording of Tosca by Puccini in 1967 in theatres I read you in Parma Italy is probably the most astounding recording of the human voice I've ever heard it's unreal okay he held notes for nearly 30 seconds making them innuendos destroying the Opera House with his voice and making that Italian audience quiver in their boots it was so much that the Italian audience was losing it they had to stop the Opera and tell them that he would do encores for them after the Opera was over after the curtain dropped on toast guy they rolled out a piano and he sang a mini recital for them afterwards I'll be lucky if I still have a voice after rehearsal they couldn't get enough and honestly neither can I go take a listen to Frank Lucarelli it's amazing [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes the great luciano pavarotti you knew who was coming of course the most famous opera singer who has ever lived has to go on top Luciano Pavarotti was born in more than AI Italy in 1935 to Fernando Pavarotti who was a baker and an amateur tenor himself and his wife Adele venturi a cigar factory worker PS there are videos of Luciano singing with his father Fernando and it's amazing astonishing to see how similar their voices are go check it out he began singing in a local church choir with his father and they pretty quickly noticed his talent he had a couple part-time jobs to support his music career as an elementary school teacher and selling insurance however it was only after almost quitting music entirely and rededicating himself completely the music that Luciano Pavarotti found success in his voice soon he was performing regularly and found success touring with a very famous soprano at the time John Sutherland one of the greats his major breakthrough United States came in 1972 when he sang their famously difficult nine high seas in la fille du régiment an opera by donut Sethi at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City [Music] this sent the audience into a frenzy and led to his nickname the king of the high seas he achieved a record 17 curtain calls that night Luciano went on to become one of the greatest voices who has ever lived and one of the most financially successful artists of his time he made many friends in the music business and even crossed over into pop music bringing classical music to millions of people he was one of the three tenors as well and had a career like no other but without they eventually passed away due to pancreatic cancer to me there is no other tenor that truly deserves the title of the greatest of all time Pavarotti did so much for music in general that to me there's really no contest as far as his voice goes sometimes I would prefer to listen to Franco Carrera my number 2 spot however I don't think there has ever been such a naturally perfect voice better Fecteau his technique is perfect and it's like a ray of sunshine just coming through the window in the morning he was so charismatic funny and open-hearted caring for people and caring for music a true star things really haven't been the same since he passed as my family says explain Yama's I go deep though we missed a big guy [Music] [Applause] [Music] see [Music] [Music] I hope you enjoyed my top five greatest tenors of all time list here's some honorable mentions that didn't make it a mile top five list but are definitely in the top ten and definitely thank you all for watching I hope you enjoyed this video I hope to make more videos like this if you liked it so please if you enjoyed it hit the like button hit the 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Length: 17min 37sec (1057 seconds)

Published: Thu May 28 2020